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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopping
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Plus get some must-know pruning tips to make the right cuts.
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Keep the plant in check by pruning suckers that develop between where a leaf meets the main stem.
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This factor was vastly dwarfed by organizational restructuring, budget cuts, and economic conditions, which are all far more standard explanations historically used by corporations to justify trimming jobs.
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Consider trimming a task list, then schedule a quiet break between meetings to recharge.
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Ninety-five-year-old Warren Buffett is famous for clipping coupons and living in a modest Nebraska house, despite having $146 billion to his name.
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Plant one clipping per vessel in a nutrient-rich soil mixture.
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And, even if Díaz-Canel again invited Cubans abroad to invest in the country and promised a new legal framework to protect investments, Cuba’s repressive laws curtailing citizen rights, including property rights, are still in place.
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California has a goal to enhance road safety, and lawmakers are interested in potentially curtailing dangerous vehicle sizes.
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In Europe, shares also fell sharply as the pan-European Stoxx 600 shed around 1%, paring earlier deeper losses by the afternoon.
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More and more people are solving that exact problem by paring down instead of piling on.
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The Hero13 and Osmo Action series don't have digital zoom, though the Osmo Action 6 supports 8K, so cropping down to 4K is an option with it too.
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Although some breeders recommend tail docking and ear cropping for medical reasons, these claims have not been substantiated; the procedures are purely aesthetic.
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The Sacramento Bee covered a major freeway tolling decision, a hacking incident at a local agency and a popular news anchor’s departure on Thursday.
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The 39-year-old man, who holds both the Iranian and Turkish citizenship, is wanted by a federal court in New York on multiple charges including conspiracy to commit computer fraud, hacking, and identity theft, a statement said.
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Of course, Qualcomm is also at Computex, and its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme could well be nipping at the N1X's heels before long.
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The series builds to his final French Open in 2024 when Father Time was nipping at his heels, navicular, hip, back and everything else.
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“Lopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopping. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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